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CHAPTER EIGHTY TWO II
Jordan wasn't thinking of the pain that was shooting through him as JoJo held on to him, he was thinking about how much he's missed her instead.
His little fire cracker.
She looked stressed and tired and broken, he'd seen all that while she'd been fussing over Riley, before she turned to see him standing behind her and it annoyed him to know that he hadn't been able to save her all that pain and trouble, but he was here now, it'd get better.
"She kept mumbling 'I'm sorry' into his clothes, staining the front of his shirt with her tears that he'd rather not see, like it was her fault he'd charged in head first without thinking of the consequences or that he'd been caught and beaten up.
Of course it wasn't and look, it had paid off and they had their little princess back home.
For someone they'd just rescued, Riley was doing well already, chasing after her puppy.
Hopefully, she'd have no lingering trauma from that incident.
She was too
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He was in bed with his doctor checking him before she ventured out.The man had asked her to let him rest and she had every intention of doing just that.She had pressing matters of her, like answers to the questions messing with her head.She went down the stairs, lost in her own head.Of course she had Meghan to question but she didn't want to face her mother just yet, she wanted time.Maybe till forever.She bumped into Brooks at the bottom of the stairs and the questions in those wide eyes couldn't be any mistaken.The woman worried about Jordan more than an ordinary house keeper would worry for her master.She probably does see him as her son now."He's fine, Brooky, still in bed with the doctor fussing over him and he hates it."She made a face and smile when she noticed Brooks try to hide the relief the news brought her,and failing miserably."It scared me to see that way, scared me to death."
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